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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1976
Page
4
Safety Commissioner Ed Colton announced that meters will be modified so a violation notice appears five minutes after the purchased time expires. The city council also put on file an ordinance to raise overtime parking tickets to $1, with public comment possible in two to three months.
Linn County deputies stopped a car east of Center Point Tuesday night leading to charges. Two 18 year old men, Robert W. Robb and David Locke, were charged with contributing to the delinquency of two 17 year old boys from rural Walker and rural Masonville. The two 17 year olds faced possession of beer as minors. Robb and Locke were released on signing citations while the youths were released to their parents.
On this date in 1975 a bomb exploded in LaGuardia Airport baggage claim area killing 14 people. The incident drew international attention as investigators pursued leads and security measures were reassessed nationwide.
Steven D. Hamilton received a two year deferred sentence for breaking and entering after remaining on good behavior. He was accused of a Oct 14 break in at a Cedar Rapids service station. Anthony C. Flowers faces up to one year in prison for escaping from a work release center on July 5 and will serve the term after his current sentence ends. William Lyness had an embezzlement by agent charge dismissed as federal court handles related matter involving a fake bank messenger robbery in Cedar Rapids on Nov 27.
Cedar Rapids police charged two men with breaking into East End Pharmacy and Metro high school. Donald E. Randall Jr. and Kim A. Randall were arrested after an alarm at the pharmacy. Alan Fay Bennett was also arrested on a warrant for two counts of delivery of a controlled substance in the Metro Narcotics investigation.
Leo Schwab of route one Ely reported tools valued at 500 stolen from a locked garage after entry by force early Tuesday. Vickie Gebran of 1611 Sixth Avenue SE reported a 225 coat stolen from a rack in the county courthouse during a courtroom Tuesday morning.
Three persons were charged with drunk driving early Wednesday morning. Dennis M. Somers, 29, of 4617 Twin Pine Drive NE, arrested at 12 45 a.m. near Trent Street SW and Highway 149. Evers Booth Washburn, 64, of 149 Thirty-eighth Street NE, arrested at 12 13 a.m. near First Avenue and Thirty Eighth Street NE. Carl V. Samuelson, 62, of 711 Ninth Street SW, arrested at 1 20 a.m. in the parking lot of a tavern in Hawatha.
Funeral services for Theresa Brehm Smith 29 and her son Thomas B 6 will be Friday at 11 a.m. at St. John’s Catholic church Placid following a Christmas Eve crash in Yuma Arizona. Rosary Thursday at 8 p.m. at Reiff’s Farley. friends may call after 7 Wednesday.
Debra J. Osborn, 21, of 3131 Sixth Street SW, was assaulted Tuesday afternoon while entering her car. A masked suspect pulled her purse, struck her face, causing a bruised eye and cheek. items valued at 99 dollars were stolen in the 1000 block between Third and Fourth avenues. Osborn suspected a youth about 14 or 15, but mask hid gender.
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